TheDailyBeast: The Summer of Breakups

Denise Richards & Richie Sambora

June also saw the demise of the couple formerly known as Denise Richards and Bon Jovi guitarist Richie Sambora. The pair dated from 2006 to 2007, after Richards famously went through an ugly divorce with Charlie Sheen and Sambora split from Heather Locklear. The two then rekindled the romance last November—but it wasn’t meant to be. “We aren’t dating, but as a lot of people have seen, I stay very friendly with my exes. All of them,” she said during an appearance on "The Talk."

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It’s supposed to be a season of flirting and flings, but lovin’ was in short supply this summer, with couples splitting from every corner of Hollywood. From Twipocalypse to the breakups that put Johnny Depp, Hilary Swank, and Henry Cavill back on the market, see the celebrities who ended up single.

We could almost hear the collective sighs of relief from Katy Perry fans when Us Weekly reported last week that the pop star and John “Your Body Is a Wonderland” Mayer have gone their separate ways. The two had been spotted canoodling at parties around L.A. throughout the summer but it seems the relationship was just a summer fling. Best of luck to whoever is next on John’s extensive hit list.

She ain’t his million-dollar baby anymore. After five years together, Oscar winner Hilary Swank and her agent/boyfriend John Campisi have called it quits, a rep confirmed to People last week. The two began dating in December 2007, shortly after her divorce from actor Chad Lowe in November of the same year.

With "Breaking Dawn Part 2’s" release looming on the horizon—and the promise of exceedingly awkward promotional tours—the Kristen Stewart and Rupert Sanders cheating scandal just won’t be dying down anytime soon. Ever since Stewart, 22, was caught kissing her married 42-year-old "Snow White and the Huntsman" director, the spotlight has remained on the actress and her now-estranged boyfriend of three years, Robert Pattinson. Regardless, the two will cozy up together onscreen in the upcoming conclusion to the "Twilight" saga.

The only breakup bigger than Twi-gate this summer, Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes’s divorce hit with the force of an atomic bomb. Why was she leaving now after five years? Who would Suri stay with? Was it because of Scientology? What is Scientology, anyway? Were they ever really in love? How big would her payout be? There was no shortage of questions surrounding the breakup of one of Hollywood’s most famous couples, but the divorce played out at lightning speed. It took only two weeks for the ex-couple to reach an agreement, which reportedly gave Katie a relatively meager payout: she received no part of Tom’s $250 million fortune and will be paid $400,000 a year in child support for the next 12 years, until Suri turns 18.

We were rooting for these two, but after 14 years and two kids together, Johnny Depp and French actress Vanessa Paradis officially announced their separation in June. Just two days before the announcement, Paradis sat down with French Elle and divulged some details about why, perhaps, she might be unhappy: “Sometimes you could be in an unhappy relationship; you are very much in love with someone, but it’s making you unhappy and you think things can change and you can work it out.”

This year’s July/August Playboy cover girl, Jenny McCarthy had a six-month romance with Chicago Bears linebacker Brian Urlacher before announcing this summer: “Brian and I have decided to turn our romance into an amazing friendship. I will continue to be the biggest cheerleader for him. Go, Bears!”

Four years, one destroyed marriage, and one baby girl later, Rielle Hunter finally decided that her affair with former Sen. John Edwards was just not worth it anymore. Hunter began the now-infamous affair with the former presidential candidate during his 2008 campaign for president, when he was still married to his wife of 31 years, Elizabeth Edwards, who was dying of cancer. Hunter broke the news of her breakup in June during an appearance on "Good Morning America," on the same day her memoir, "What Really Happened: John Edwards, Our Daughter and Me" hit bookstore shelves.

June also saw the demise of the couple formerly known as Denise Richards and Bon Jovi guitarist Richie Sambora. The pair dated from 2006 to 2007, after Richards famously went through an ugly divorce with Charlie Sheen and Sambora split from Heather Locklear. The two then rekindled the romance last November—but it wasn’t meant to be. “We aren’t dating, but as a lot of people have seen, I stay very friendly with my exes. All of them,” she said during an appearance on "The Talk."